and a happy thanksgiving, it is almost time, for a parade, down the parkway, this is a live look at the start of the route, 20th and jfk with festivities kicking off later this morning. this is a live look at south philadelphia, home of the thanksgiving day tradition, we will check in there as they use their pizza ovens to cook hundreds of turkies for their neighborhoods. how about a live look at storm scan three, showing rain, katie's here with your holiday forecast. the it is thursday, november the 24th, good morning i'm joe holden in for jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. meisha's off. lets start the day with weather, hi there. >> the big reveal, good

morning. >> yes, drum roll. >> to kidding. >> yeah. >> nice welcome. a lot of people are up getting ready for festivities and we are here to if it is last minute errands to get you out the door. it is on the damp side across pennsylvania. maybe just getting your holiday travel started. we will show you what is happening here. a huge, storm scan to kick is off. we have a storm system here beginning to make its advance. at the moment, the localized zoom is outside our area we had a freak of wet weather rolling through our western most suburbs yesterday evening but now you we are waiting on the actual cold front and storm system to pass through. for now temperatures aren't terrible. we are in the upper 30's or 40's, face value does not sound that awful but make sure to beat temperatures in the lower 30's and feeling more like 20's and teens in recent mornings here. while i would suggest the heavy coat walking out the door here if you have to, it is not awful that harsh to

you. thirty-six in quakertown. thirty-five at pottstown. we are in the upper 30's in both willow grove and doylestown and palmyra. the as day progresses we can expect toe again a couple of showers. not prettiest thanksgiving day forecast we have ever even but more nuisance then anything. couple of showers is something we can handle. we do really need the rain at this point as we all i think very well known ad nauseam it is something i have been telling new recent days here but it is just not a heavy rain produce they are time around. watch for a couple showers, 53 appease in philadelphia as well as down near shore points. pretty typical weather for our area and pretty typical weather. the up in the mountains expect potential for rain to freeze, on contact. ground is cold enough at this point. in the morning there may be some slick spots especially if it hasn't been treated and i wouldn't be spot if a lot of spots have not been treated. if that is where your travels take you, just take it easy. joe and rahel, it looks like a

nuisance system for our area, more than anything. back to you. >> it ace philadelphia tradition, annual thanksgiving parade now in the 97th year. >> ninety-seven year, wow. thousands will line up to see marching band, cartoon balloons and floats make their way through the city. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live along the parade route. we hear that you are staking your spot out early, good morning. >> reporter: yes, rahel and joe, good morning. happy thanksgiving. no company out here right thousand but it is only 4:30. we're expecting huge crowd today as always, 97 years, isn't that magnificent. this was the first thanksgiving day parade in the entire nation and this is where fun starts at 8:30 this morning. this is start of the parade route at 20th and jfk and it is just about an hour now those huge magnificent balloons, this is where they will be inflated. i think just down there in yellow, we have some balloon hand letters already on the scene, so we're sure they are

handling curious george. we're talking about favorites like tweetie bird, cat in the hat, grinch, mr. potato head and all of the the other balloons in this years parade. here's how you get a better look at them. we're the start of the parade route at 20th and jfk. once the parade kicks off at 8:30 these balloons, floats and performers will make their way along a 1.4-mile route. parade first travels east to 16th street and then north, to the parkway and then finally end at art museum and eakins oval. so hopefully weather holds up here because thanksgiving day parade is so much fun for the kid, for families and the like and it is the oldest thanksgiving parade in the nation. we will have so many floats, marching band, other performers and celebrities, too. celebrities performers both regionally and across the country and biggest celebrity of all, and the parade and that is santa claus. we will be here to cover it all but for now we are live, jan carabao for cbs-3

"eyewitness news". rahel and joe, back to you. we will check with you shortly. >> always a good time. >> inn teed. another thanksgiving tradition, of course is dinner. >> of course, and for families in south philadelphia it is a tradition to have their turkies cooked to perfection at cash a's, that is where our pat gallen is live with preparations getting underway, pat, good morning. >> good morning, if is there food involved i've got to be here even if it means 4:33 in the morning on thanksgiving day. happy thanksgiving to everyone out there and you guys back as well. we're here at c ac ia so i had to talk to my man. >> first timer so tell me what it is all about. >> basically, it is the easier way to have your thanksgiving dinner. bring us your turkey, all ready to go in the oven and we put it in, and it comes out around 12:30. pick it up and you go home. the cant be any easier then that. >> my in-laws are from south philadelphia and they said this is awesome thaw are going

there. they have never done it the but everybody here knows what you are all about. that is kind of cool. >> it is very famous, because, 50 years ago or more than than my grandfather decided to start doing this for the neighbors. it went from like ten, next year 15, people started to talk about it. cash a we cannot cook it for you. >> all right. >> take a look the at this bad boy. >> that goes pretty deep. >> yes. >> it gets to 140 in there. >> yes, that is the max. >> that is pretty awesome. >> you are expecting 140 today. >> i hope so. >> i think so. >> got word out this morning, we will hang out here all day, do you mind. >> i don't have a choice. >> he doesn't have a choice, we're hanging out here this morning. >> guys, you guys can bring the turkies down but there

will be a line soon. >> those are employees, family right there. >> bread's baked, turkies ready, everybody get down to cacia's. >> path the path is channeling his inner clark griswold there with his sweater. >> katie is a big fan. >> pat, thank you. shoppers waited until last minute to pick up what they need forward that thanksgiving dinner. parking lots were crowded as shoppers were out in full force last night, wegmans on route 70 in cherry hill, new jersey was busy until the doors closed. and many supermarkets in our area expected the rush, and they were well stock and ready to go. shoppers were also looking to add some items to today's menu >> picked up a ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, couple veggies on the side and pumpkin pie to polish it off. >> he pick up a ham. >> if you are still shopping for dinner, wegmans and other stores in the the area will be opened today, but, of course,

make the call first, just to be double sure that they are. good to know joe, thank you. president-elect donald trump is delivering a thanksgiving message to the nation. >> it is my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heel our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. in declaring this national holiday president lincoln called upon americans to speak with one voice, and one heart, and that is just what we have to do. >> the president-elect is spending thanksgiving at his maralogo estate in florida. president obama made his final thanksgiving turkey pardon yesterday at the white house. the bird, will spend their remaining days in the farm in virginia. for the first time since 2009 president's daughters sascha and mallia were absent. and instead president obama was joined by two of his nephews. another thanksgiving day

tradition is macy's thanksgiving day parade and this morning new york city police department is making sure people that show up to watch are safe. to secure the parade dump trucks full of sand will be blocking intersections and police will not allow cars, to cross the parade route for the first time, in 90 years. >> you can ram a new york city sanitation truck sand truck with a lot of things but you will not move it the. >> reporter: there is a public showing, to anyone who might be thinking about doing something that they are being watched, and resources are available. >> reporter: transportation hubs across the country are also, on heightened alert. in other news this morning police respond to the scene of the triple shooting just after midnight, in juniata park. the shooting happened in the the 4,000 block of howland street. three victims were taken to the hospital, all are in stable condition, authorities have no other information, at this time. a 21 year-old man is in the hospital this morning after being shot, three times, in north philadelphia, authorities the say that four shots were fired, in the 1500

block of west diamond street, just before 11:00 last night. this victim is in stable condition, authorities have not made any arrests at this time. philadelphia police released a picture of the car they believe was involved in the deadly hit and run in philadelphia's overbrook neighborhood. now nearly 100 people marched down 63rd street calling for justice, for jayanna powell. she was hit and killed at 63rd and lansdowne last friday afternoon. police are looking for a silver nissan altima or maxima, the car should have front end damage. >> please don't shake it to the bones i don't know what will. youe how galvanized this community is to stick together. we are working every lead. there will not be a stone unturned. >> if you know something, you can't say that you don't know nothing. >> there is a $20,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of jayanna's killer. if you have any information, recognize that car, you are asked to call the police.

illegal immigrant from honduras is facing charges for alleged sexual assault of a 12 year-old girl in bucks county. three three-year old jorge ra mayores is in the bucks county prison on one million-dollar bail. ramirez befriended the girl attending services at redemption episcopal church in southampton. ramirez had sexually assaulted that girl more than a dozen times in his car over past month and that there could be more victims. so up next, what police and investigators are saying about a forest fire earlier this week in berks county. also a wounded atlantic city police officer returns to the hospital where he spent weeks, we will show you how the staff greeted him. a live look at 20th and jfk, the start of the thanksgiving day parade route, and katie has your holiday forecast, and that is coming up next when we come right

back on "eyewitness news" authorities now say this forest fire on mount pen in

reading appears to have been intentionally set. have a look at this video provided by reading magazine. the pennsylvania department have of conservation and natural resources calls the monday night fire suspicious. there were no injuries or damage to homes or businesses. fire did score much 47 acres of forest. atlantic city police officer wounded in the line of duty is thanking hospital workers, for saving his life. the staff the atlantic care regional medical center gave officer josh fidel a round of applause. the this is video from the press of atlantic city. gunman shot the officer in the head while he was responding to a robbery near caesar's on september 3rd. he continues to recover and is improving. the hospital staff cared for the officer for two weeks. >> glad to see he is doing okay. holiday season is officially upon us and police across the region are on the look out for drunk drivers.

cherry hill police have have dui patrols the road tonight and through the weekend. regular patrol officers will be searching for suspect drunk drivers. >> it is not just about people going to the bars, and deciding to potentially drink and drive but it is about other people also on the roadway, so it is important that we're out there, for everyone's protection. >> and manahan says thanksgiving holiday weekend has become more dangerous then new years eve when it comes to driving under the influence. be safe, of course, that is the wisdom, right. >> yes. >> the time right now is 4:45. >> katie has another check of the forecast. i can tell you last night coming out, it was so pack, so many people outside on the roads, what is it looking like. >> at least for now with the weather, it is looking tranquil, overall, i do think we will have a nuisance variety of showers, throughout the day, one place of interest i want to turn your attention to is up in the poconos or near it the and thinks a closest camera shot we have in the live neighborhood network, really tough to tell but under

street lamps we see here outside pleasant valley middle and high school it looks like there was a hint of wet weather that held through there and certainly radar is at least confirming that through yesterday evening we ended up with a few showers from the warm front with the storm system. yesterday, if you follow us or watch us religiously we love that about you. thank you fortuning in. this storm system looked a lot more organize. this storm is beginning to lose a little bit of the steam as it starts to cross our area. we will end up with showers but nuisance variety. the leaves behind a few damp roads and that is it. even if you didn't want to take an umbrella on traveling today like i am i think you can getaway without it here. storm scan wider zoom nice and quiet beyond that point but places that had to deal with snow, ice yesterday, you have since cleared out and it is colder in minnesota for example. but we will see a hint of the chillier couple days coming up down the road here. lets look at northeast travels. we will time this out for you, yeah, not that impressive,

guys. this might be a little under done but regardless you are traveling to i80 if there are a couple showers they are few and far between and that is worst of our worries today. there could be a stray sure tomorrow this storm is trying to retait away. i don't want to discount that possibility but again, it is going to be a lackluster storm system for our area as it stand right new. let's have some fun, out in corn cope use in wisconsin, 38 d high. cranberry pennsylvania, one of my favorites, best signs that we have on thanksgiving, 40 degrees. turkey, north carolina checks in at just shy of 70. we will take you to a couple of other fun towns, pie towns might be my absolute favorite 47 the spec high there and out in, gn theaw bone, indiana, that is a place, folks, 50 degrees a potential high. i'm already getting a rap so we will jump to the seven day. mid 50's for next couple of days, tad cooler on sunday.

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you are not loan, retailers like macy's and toys-r-us will open up for black friday tonight at 5:00 o'clock. doors opened up an hour later at target, wal-mart and kohl's. if you want to hit the mall king of prussia, cherry hill, christiana hall will be opened there 6:00 p.m. to midnight

but some stores inside the malls do have different hours, and local mall hours on our web site at cbs philly.com. rahel plenty of shoppers will be searching for just the right toy, cbs news correspondent marley hall has a preview of the new trending toys, sure to be on every kid's wish list. >> ready to go. >> wow. >> my amies awesome. >> reporter: for young and young at heart, there are plenty of holiday toys that hit the mark. including the norf death trooper blaster. >> this is a robotic dog. >> reporter: laurie is a chief toy insider, and says star wars toys are expected to be among the season's best sellers. >> we know that the star wars toys are going to get on the shelf and fly right off the shelf. >> reporter: from oversized action figures to this customizable light saber, star wars toys come in all shapes, sizes. >> this is the kyla ren voice

changing helmet. >> do your homework. >> there is also a flying millennium falcon, one of the many drones on the market. >> take off. >> reporter: this one is voice activated. but break out toy this holiday season, the small interactive creatures hatch, grow up, and then eventually learn how to walk, talk, play games. the toys which retail around $50 are sold out at most stores but people are selling them on line for well over a hundred dollars. >> there is going to be a shortage. if you see them, buy it, don't think twice, in fact, buy as many as they have and don't think twice. >> reporter: with so many popular places on kid wish list, toy makers have something to celebrate, the industry is expected to have its best year in more than a decade. marlee hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> real quick, so my daughter got that hatch a mol for her boyfriend and it was three hours of passing an egg around

until it hatches. it is supposed to happen in 45. quality time, three hours, okay. >> well, before black friday shopping, many of us will be eating turkey. >> this year, probably cost you more than last years. that is according to the philadelphia city controller. he found average cost of the thanksgiving meal for ten this year is $46.69. a 16-pound turkey cost just under $22 which is a $1.20 more than last year but, the figure is still $3.18 less than the national average. >> interesting. coming up after the break we will get anoer check of weather and roadways. >> stay with us, we will be right

happy thanksgiving, everybody we have a fun festive graphic to get you out the door or just get your festivities underway waking up early, getting turkey in the oven and getting everything ready to go here. couple showers, nothing more

than that and that sound a little bit more than what we will fine. we're talking nuisance variety of showers, couple damp spots looking forward in the forecast, it is receipt i couldn't cyst tenth but every passing take starts to brighten up and we are looking ahead to cyber monday. nice warm and sunny. if you do plan to sit behind the keyboard on monday make sometime to get outside it looks like a nice day too. joe, back over to you. it should be an okay day to enjoy philadelphia's christmas village right after the parade. >> full plate of activities at the village all weekend. crew as semled this week in front of the city hall. they build a open air german marketplace and it opens up today. this year there are concerts, performances including the grand opening ceremony on sunday. love that. art museum they are all ready enjoying sights and sound of the holiday season this years art museum christmas tree is more than 50 y more than 9,000led lights. 9,000? and performances got everybody

in the mood with some holiday favorites. >> 25,000 italian twinkle light. get you up to speed here. >> very early, joe. >> yes. >> top of the hour our jan carabao is live with the last minute preparations to philadelphia's parade. >> we will go live to new york city to show you what police are doing to keep millions of people safe at macy's day parade. but an explosion from a pocket is captured on camera, more on this wild scene, straight ahead. not black friday just yet wait until you hear the reason for this, long line, we are back in a moment.

america's oldest thanksgiving day parade is just hours away, this is a live look at some about a lunes. >> that is piglet. >> and soon the parkway will be pack, head we will look the at the last behind preparations. it is the 90th thanksgiving day parade i'm jamie youkiss in new york with how security is prepped for today's big event. and how about a live look at a tradition in south philadelphia, still going strong. firing up the huge brick oven not for bread but for the bird. happy thanksgiving, everyone, today is thursday, november 24th, jim's off i'm joe holden. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie's here with weather. a lot of people will be here for the parade. how is it looking. >> it looks like a chill in the air but we have seen far colder thanksgiving day mornings then this. we have wet weather out there but even that it is not going to mess with your parade. >> okay. >> while it might rain a little bit on your